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Tri-Clip – One step sectional matrix

March 1st, 2006 · No Comments

I just tried these one step sectional matrixes and absolutely love them. They have the clamp, sectional matrix and wedge in one preassembled unit.  Very fast and easy to place.  The clamp wedges the teeth apart and another silicone wedge seals the box from below.  They are $85 for fifty or $1.70 each.  Info on […]

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Tags: Dental Restorations · Top 25

Top 25 Dental Products – Alginot

October 4th, 2005 · No Comments

We love this new product as an alginate substitute.  Handling and set time are ideal.  Very fast and accurate.  We mix it with the Pentamix.  It is made by Kerr and is avaliable from your dental supplier.

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TEMPUR-PEDIC® INTRODUCES NEW DENTAL CHAIR OVERLAY

October 4th, 2005 · No Comments

We have purchased these overlays instead of reupholstering our dental chairs.  Much more cost effective, we don’t lose the use of our chairs, and patients LOVE them.  Tempur-pedic has a medical division and you get a discount as a dental office.  SRP is $695, but you can get it for $320 plus $20 shipping.  1-888-881-9779 […]

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Tags: Dental Diamonds · Patient Service · Top 25 · Uncategorized

Top 25 Dental Products -Template

September 19th, 2005 · No Comments

This is absolutely the best material to make a matrix for provisional restorations. Many dentists use alginate, putty, or a vacuum-form matrix. These techniques either compromise time or accuracy.  Template makes a very accurate quadrant template and sets in 30 seconds with no flash. It is dispensed in a 50 ml cartridge that fits any […]

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Top 25 Dental Products – Maxcem

August 5th, 2005 · No Comments

Maxcem defines the standard for the new class of self-etch, self-adhering resin cements providing excellent bond and mechanical strengths, superb esthetics and unmatched simplicity. A two-part paste/paste, dual-cure resin cement, Maxcem’s innovative and proprietary initiator system allows all the essential ingredients to etch, prime, bond and cement to be combined into one product, offering: Exceptional […]

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Tags: Chairside CAD/CAM · Cosmetic Dentistry · Top 25 · Uncategorized

Top 25 Dental Products – Loops with illumination

July 31st, 2005 · No Comments

I cannot imagine practicing dentistry without the aid of magnification and illumination.  I started with 2.0x flip ups and have worked my way up to the 4.8x through the lens fixed magnification.  It is unbelievable what you can see that you could not see with the naked eye.  I use a pair of loupes from […]

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Tags: Cosmetic Dentistry · Dental Diamonds · Top 25 · Uncategorized

Top 25 Dental Products – Oraqix needle free anestheiic

July 31st, 2005 · No Comments

What are the most dreaded words you can hear from your hygienist when you are in the middle of something?  “Doctor, I need a hygiene check, or Doctor, I need anesthesia for my patient.”  This product will not help with the first question, but it has just about eliminated the second one in my practice.  […]

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Tags: Dental Diamonds · Hygiene · Top 25 · Uncategorized

Top 25 Products – Dental Marketing

July 30th, 2005 · No Comments

O.K., this is not a product per say, but is perhaps the biggest thing you can do in 2005. Dentistry is finally being presented in the media with a positive spin. Extreme Makeover, The Swan, magazine articles, news clips, etc. are raising awareness of what dentistry can do for the population at large. We need […]

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Tags: Dental Diamonds · Dental Websites · Marketing · New Patients · Top 25 · Uncategorized

Top 25 Products – A Great Dental Office Phone System

July 30th, 2005 · No Comments

We have had many different phone systems in our office over the years.  Some have cost a small fortune.  Four years ago I scrapped our existing phone system an bought a 4-Line Multi-Handset Cordless Phone System from Panasonic.  The base station is the only unit that has to br plugged into the phone jacks.  All […]

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Tags: Dental Diamonds · New Patients · Patient Service · Practice Management · Top 25 · Uncategorized

Top 25 Products – XM Satellite Radio for the dental office

July 30th, 2005 · No Comments

Music in the dental office is very important in creating a relaxed mood.  Commercial radio with obnoxious commercials is entirely inappropriate.  XM Satellite radio gives you a choice of 150 digital channels that are 100% commercial free.  You need a $99 receiver and a $49 antennae that connects to your office receiver with RCA jacks.  […]

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Tags: Dental Diamonds · Patient Service · Technology · Top 25 · Uncategorized